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. 1978 Sep;27(3):640–647. doi: 10.1128/jvi.27.3.640-647.1978

Comparison of initiation rates of encephalomyocarditis virus and host protein synthesis in infected cells.

G Jen, C H Birge, R E Thach
PMCID: PMC525852  PMID: 212586

Abstract

The relative initiation rates for encephalomyocarditis virus mRNA and host mRNA's in infected cells were measured using two independent techniques. In both cases the results showed that viral mRNA initiates at a much higher rate than host mRNA'S. This difference was observed midway in the infectious cycle, well before virus-induced cytopathic effects (leakage of low-molecular-weight metabolites, failure to exclude trypan blue) were apparent. These results confirm that encephalomyocarditis viral mRNA is a more efficient initiator than host mRNA's in vivo, as has previously been demonstrated in in vitro experiments.

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